Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
The Miracle of Possibility
Oct 25, 2012
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Karen King, a historian of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School stirred up a hornet’s nest a few weeks ago when she announced she’d discovered a 2nd century papyrus which contained a reference to “Jesus’ wife.” The tiny fragment is barely legible and incomplete so K
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The Swan Thieves – Elizabeth Kostova’s unrecognized masterpiece
Oct 24, 2012
I’ve just finished Elizabeth Kostova’s The Swan Thieves, a book I first mentioned in my blog of 9/28/12. I wrote at the time that the novel had failed to receive the acclaim of her first work, The Historian, but that that knowledge hadn’t dissuaded me from buying it. I’m gla
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Narcissism – The New Norm in Our Race to the Bottom
Oct 23, 2012
I’ve mentioned before that Bernard Berenson, American art historian (1865-1959) bemoaned that our culture in the 20th century was galloping toward rampant mediocrity. Given that harsh assessment, I wonder what he would say about the 21st. I suspect he would concur with the opinion o
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Oct 22, 2012
Recently, NPR reported that a Muslim cleric in Semnan, Iran complained he was knocked down and kicked by a woman whom he’d chastised because of her appearance. “I don’t know what happened,” he said. “All I could feel was the kicks of this woman who was insulting me and attac
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Could the 99% be Wrong?
Oct 19, 2012
While many working folks line up to demonstrate against Wall Street and the increasing wealth of 1% of our population, the rich are not without their defenders. As Nina Easton writes in her September article “Stop Beating Up the Rich,” for Fortune Magazine, the truth about the dwi
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The New Paradigm — Is segregation by sex great for women?
Oct 18, 2012
An article by Virginia Heffernan in Yahoo. News caught my attention the other day: “Lady Firsters: Why the new sex segregation is great for women.” (9/20/12) The essay struck me as the joyful crowing of an empowered young woman and a part of me was happy, being a war horse of the
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A Tragic Error in Arithmetic
Oct 17, 2012
The growing power of money in the political process has led to a growing cynicism about the direction of the country. The government seems to be in the hands of the unelected and the principle of a level playing field for a free people in a free society is under attack. While the aver
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A Trap for Readers and Writers Alike
Oct 16, 2012
Todd Rutherford is a man of enterprise. After years of being paid to churn out press releases for a self-publishing marketing service, he decided to go into to business for himself. Given that over 600,000 self-published books appear in print each year in this country, he knew he’d
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The Book of Life
Oct 15, 2012
Each day I take up my writing with a new understanding about time. The race is on. I turned 76 a while ago, not an auspicious number, but as I observed then, still a milestone. Having left the “Third Chapter” of my life — that period between 65-75 when one is retired, health
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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